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The background shows sidewalk tiles - "rajoles" - that pave the sidewalks throughout Barcelona. They were designed by architect Puig i Cadafalch for the entryway of a home. Since 1915, they have been used by the city to pave sidewalks, and have become emblematic of the city. One of the city's most famous chocolatiers, Enric Rovira, produces chocolate bars in the shape and design of these tiles.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Post Transfer Transfers...

Regularly scheduled transfers were complete on Wednesday, 30 May 2012. On Saturday, we bid farewell to Elder and Sister Brown who have served as advisors to the Barcelona Center for Young Adults (as well as making mountains of sandwiches for zone conferences, inspecting pisos, etc.!). They will be missed!

Los Brown y los Hinckley

Then on Thursday, 7 June 2012, two of our visa-waiters arrived: Elders Beaton and Kersten. We were excited to welcome them to the Faro today!

Elders Oldroyd and Beaton locate Pamplona

Elders Gonzalez and Kersten point out Terrassa

Montjuic!

Studying the transfer board

In between, we drove up to La Seu to preside at the conference of the little Andorra Branch. We were excited to have 36 people at branch conference! We have about 10-12 active members, but we sent missionaries into La Sea last month for the first time in 3 years, and they are seeing great success. Looking forward to two baptisms next week, the first in many years in this branch.

4 comments:

President, didn't Elders Hall and Hancock serve for three weeks in La Seu and Andorra in August of 2010? But that's amazing that they have full time missionaries there with a baptism to boot! Que viva el Faro!

True, but it was a temporary assignment - they spent three weeks there before they went home to see what they could learn about propsects in the area, but we never rented a piso or intended to replace them.

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This blog covers the time of service of President and Hermana Hinckley, 2009-2012. President and Hermana Pace have a new blog for the mission. Check it out for the latest photographs and information!

The Spain Barcelona Mission

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NEWS!

President Mark L. Pace has been called to preside over the Spain Barcelona Mission. He will serve with his wife, Sister Anne Marie Pace. President and Sister Pace currently live in Salt Lake City, Utah, and will begin their new assignment on 29 June 2012. ¡Bienvenidos a los Pace!

About the Mission

The Spain Barcelona Mission extends from Santander on the Bay of Biscay (on the Atlantic Ocean) to Valencia on the Mediterranean, and includes the islands of Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza. Major cities include Barcelona, Bilbao, Burgos, Santander, San Sebastian, Pamplona, Girona, Tarragona, Valencia, Zaragoza, and Palma de Mallorca. It also includes the principality of Andorra in the Pyrenees. About 14 million people live within the boundaries of the mission.

The mission includes three distinct languages and two additional dialects: Spanish, Catalan (and its derivatives, Valenciano and Mallorquin), and Basque. However, Church services and missionary work are all conducted in Spanish.

Missionaries serving in the Spain Barcelona Mission can expect to baptize regularly. It is possible to baptize weekly in this mission. Spain is entering a great "second harvest" (the first great harvest was in the 1970s), and missionary work here is more like South America than northern Europe.

The mission home is located atC/ Calatrava 10-12, bajos08017 Barcelona

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Spain Barcelona Missionaries as Art

This porcelain statue was created by the Lladró company in Valencia, using two Spain Barcelona missionaries as models (note they have briefcases rather than backpacks). It remains in the historical catalog and is item 01008273.

This photograph was displayed for several months in the Tarragona bus station: Elders Keller and Nasaeth

el faro

According to local legend, Elder F. Burton Howard, who was the president of the Europe West Area, toured the mission circa 2000 and referred to the mission as a lighthouse - el faro. The name stuck, and missionaries since then have referred to the mission as "el faro." See "Mission Vocabulary" above.